The US Senate votes next week on the nomination of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State. After two days of hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 16 to 2 to move her nomination to the floor of the senate. One of the two no votes was from Massachusetts senator John Kerry. As Caitlyn Kim of WFCR’s Capitol Hill bureau reports, it came as no surprise given Kerry’s sharp questioning of Rice during the hearings.

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The Marriage of Figaro — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The wily barber and part-time matchmaker has finally fallen in love, but--like everything else in Figaro's life--it's complicated. On the eve of Figaro’s marriage to Susanna, Count Almaviva’s wandering eye has landed on the lovely bride-to-be. Servant and master go head ...